NASA is pushing hard to get a more diverse workforce, seems to me like there is a helluva talent pool in the Democratic Republic of Congo that would be a good fit for the NASA mission goals.
Well this is a fine pickle we're in, should'a listened to Joe McCarthy and George Orwell I guess.
NASA is pushing hard to get a more diverse workforce, seems to me like there is a helluva talent pool in the Democratic Republic of Congo that would be a good fit for the NASA mission goals.
During NASA's 1st decade, they tried hard to get a diverse workforce. They even sent talent scouts around the country to visit universities to find good qualified black candidates. They found very few. The problem was simply that the blacks didn't take the hard advanced courses, math, physics, engineering, etc.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
No, just pointing out that [bleep] happens, even here.... funniest one I can remember is the $240 million dollar NOAA N-Prime satellite that was dumped on the floor back in 2003, due to no one checking to make sure that it was bolted to the cradle during repositioning.
No, just pointing out that [bleep] happens, even here.... funniest one I can remember is the $240 million dollar NOAA N-Prime satellite that was dumped on the floor back in 2003, due to no one checking to make sure that it was bolted to the cradle during repositioning.
Back in engineering school, we were told a 'true' story of a village in South America that had a problem. They were a thriving farming community but were limited in getting their produce to market. The only route was via a rickety wooden bridge over a deep gorge that would only support one man and a loaded donkey cart. The local powers to be figured they could afford a single lane replacement bridge that would carry a loaded truck, so they got an engineer with the local Peace Corp group to design it for them. He figured a 10,000 lb design loading would suit their needs and worked up a design using local materials.
When it was finished, they had a big ribbon cutting that included the first loaded truck crossing it to go to market. As the truck started across, the bridge shook so badly that the driver quickly reversed and got off the thing. The engineer was called in. He checked his calculations and realized that he'd dropped a decimal point. Instead of 10,000 lbs, the load capacity of the bridge was 1000 lbs. So, the village had a nice new bridge that had eaten up all their available funds.....and that would only carry one man and a loaded donkey cart safely.
The object of the story was that paying attention to the little stuff, like decimal places, was VERY important. I preferred to think of it in terms of the old saying; doctors bury their mistakes, lawyers put theirs in jail, and engineers build monuments to theirs!
It turns out that making mistakes is how we learn.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps
No, just pointing out that [bleep] happens, even here.... funniest one I can remember is the $240 million dollar NOAA N-Prime satellite that was dumped on the floor back in 2003, due to no one checking to make sure that it was bolted to the cradle during repositioning.
Yesterday was the anniversary of that little mishap.
Phil
That's why I'm always a little trepidatious about taking my mint condition, pre-64, Winchester Super Grade out of the safe, and never shoot it. Put a scratch on it, and its value instantly drops several hundred dollars.
What if it was designed to fail during the ribbon cutting? Then the builder would be clever. I find it interesting that the collapse occurred at the very moment the fat lady tried to cut the ribbon.
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